Improvement in coffin-handles



ALONZO B.' BAILEY, OF COBALT, CONNECTICUT. l

Letters Patent No. 107,212, dated September 1,3, 1870.

IMPRovnMENT IN corrmAHANnLEs.

The Schedule refer-ratito in these Letters Patent nd making paxt o thesame vlo all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALONZO B.' BAILEY, of 0obalt, in the county OfMiddlesex'and State of 00nnecticut, have invented a new and'usei'ulImprovef ment in Coffin-Handles; and I do hereby declare that thefollowingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others. skilled in the art to make and. use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specieation,in which the figure is a side viewof my iniproved coCin-handle,pa1t ofOne end being broken.

vaway to show the construction.

My invention-relates to coffin-handles, fand consists in doing away withthe central bolt, and screwing the tubular handle piece directly intothe lug socket.

A is the body Or hand piece of -the handle, which is made in the form ofa tube, and has a screw; `thread eut upon each end, which screws intothe screw-thread formed in the inner surfaceof the sockets b1, which areformed in the inner sides of the lugs B, the other endsof which lugs arepivoted to eyes attached to the sides of the coiin in the Ordinarymanner.

The knob or Other ornament b2 is cast solid in One piece withlthe lng.

The handle is thus formed of only three pieces,

and` is put .together by simply screwing the ends of l the tube A intothe sockets b1 of the'lugs B, produeing a neat, simple, and convenientihandle, and one easily and cheaply manufactured.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim astnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent-'f 1. Thetnbnlarhand piece A, having screw-threads Y formed upon its ends, toadapt. it for being screwed into the sockets b 'of the lugs B,substantially as herein shown and described. I

2. An improvedleoiiin-handle, formed byscrewing` vthe ends of thetubular hand piece'A into the screwsockets b1 of the solid lugs B b b2,substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose setforth.

ALONZO B. BAILEY. 'Witnesses HENRY C.. WILLIAMS,

F. lA'. RICH.

